Index of English words, starting with "bu"

(1) - Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
(2) - Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
(3) - Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
(4) - Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.

(1) - Bulbaceous (n.) Bulbous.

(1) - Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.

(1) - Bulbiferous (n.) Producing bulbs.